Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of rugby union matches between Leicester and Leinster

History of rugby union matches between Leicester and Leinster[edit]

[Hide this box] New to Articles for deletion (AfD)? Read these primers!

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

There is no real rivalry between these two sides, with no WP:GNG coverage of the rivalry, just a collection of stats with violates WP:NOTSTATS and WP:NLIST. Similar discussions such as this and this have shown a clear consensus on these sorts of articles. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 18:49, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sports, Rugby union, Ireland, and England. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 18:49, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 21:08, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I have to agree with the nom. I do not see how WP:NRIVALRY is met. While there is coverage of other rivalries with Leinster (eg: "Leinster drawn with fierce rivals La Rochelle" "Rivalries we Love" (..) "Stade Toulousain v Leinster Rugby" "Penalties Give Leinster The Edge Over Rivals Munster", etc) the only material coverage of a "rivalry" with Leicester, that I can find, is this primary source. Which was published the same week as this article. Straying from an objective review of the volume/reliability/relevance/applicability of sources, from a subjective point-of-view, these sides have only met 15 times in nearly 30 years. Which is well short of the 100+ games with provincial rivals (like Munster) and, per nom, in the same region as the other AfD discussions listed. While the sources just about cover the WP:NOTSTATS content in the article, I note that none of them appear to describe those games as involving "rivals". Not seeing how WP:NRIVALRY (incl WP:NOTSTATS, WP:NLIST or WP:GNG) is met here.... Guliolopez (talk) 11:16, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Previous WP:PROD candidate, ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 00:08, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Subject lacks the needed coverage from reliable secondary sources to meet the WP:NRIVALRY. Let'srun (talk) 21:33, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]